On Mar 30, 1:56*pm, "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:
On Sat, 30 Mar 2013 12:42:35 +0000, bert wrote:
Provided they didn't have to travel more than????
Provided they were paid at least?????

Careful these two are related. No point in taking a job if the cost of
traveling to it takes a significant amount of the pay.

Minimum wage £6.50/hr (ish) less tax, NI, etc. So in the pocket about a
£5/hour or £35/day. A car costs about 40p/mile to run. 20 mile round trip
£8/day. £27 in your pocket, oh lunch £3 "meal deal"? £24/day. Say
£125/week in your pocket, how much is Job Seekers Allowance (or what ever
it's called this week) and other benefits per week? Getting close if not
more. The "poverty trap" is very real at the bottom of the pay scale.

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Cheers
Dave.

Little tax is paid by low earners.
When I was a lad, people moved house to get a job.
Nobody on low pay had a car anyway.
I ate sandwiches made at home.
Low paid work leads on to higher paid work.
I changed job for less money on a few occasions for better prospects.
Lack of ambition and idleness is at the root of all their misfortunes
in this country.